Eddie Hearn says it needs to be simpler to line up fights for Richardson Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) after he captured the IBF mild welterweight title from champion Liam Paro (25-1, 15 KOs) with a 12-round cut up choice final Saturday night time at Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Hitchins took 4 rounds to resolve Paro’s type after which picked him aside from the fifth spherical on. The southpaw Paro seemed cautious about attacking Hitchins within the second half of the combat as a result of he was getting nailed by his lightning-fast proper fingers when he attacked.
The judges scored 117-111 for Paro, 116-112, and 116-112 for Hitchins. It’s unclear what the choose was pondering that scored it 117-111 for Paro, as that made no sense for the combat. It was a humiliation.
The Undesirable Champion
Now that Hitchins holds the IBF title, Hearn’s job needs to be simpler. Nonetheless, he’ll seemingly proceed to be prevented as a result of his Shakur preventing type makes him a nightmare. Hearn’s lukewarm response to Hitchins’ win afterward means that he is aware of it should proceed to be tough for him to line up the massive names to combat him.
Hearn talked about Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, and Teofimo Lopez as guys he’d wish to match in opposition to Hitchins subsequent. The percentages of any of these guys agreeing to combat him are uncertain.
“It is likely to be Jack Catterall or another man. Now we have to attend,” mentioned Richardson Hitchins on the post-fight press convention after defeating Liam Paro final Saturday night time. “I didn’t anticipate him to be so artful. It was like I used to be boxing a younger man,” mentioned Hitchins about Paro.
“I didn’t anticipate his expertise to be like that. He’s good. He was bouncing out and in. The best way he boxed tonight, it’s important to have a variety of expertise and expertise to field a man like that. He’ll choose a variety of guys aside like that,” mentioned Hitchins.
Paro’s Transformation
Paro modified his preventing type utterly for this combat, in comparison with how he had fought Subriel Matias in his earlier contest on June fifteenth. He was a special individual for this bout, and didn’t work properly for Paro utilizing that new type. On the post-fight press convention, Hitchins in contrast Paro’s type to that of former WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov, which is precisely how he fought.
“He’s a man that lots of people will keep away from. So, it’s been very tough for us. We took him on, we bought him lively, and headlining twice. As soon as in opposition to [Jose] Zepeda and as soon as in opposition to [Gustavo] Lemos,” mentioned promoter Eddie Hearn about Hitchins. “Now, he’s bought the belt and turns into the hunted. Nobody wished to combat him earlier than.”
In search of Worthy Opponents
Hearn has accomplished an excellent job of getting fights for Hitchins since he signed him to Matchroom, however he’s nonetheless going to have a tough time getting the matches he wants for him to turn out to be a star. With out Turki Alalshikh’s involvement, Hitchins goes to be prevented and handled like an undesirable by the highest fighters, Haney, Ryan and Teofimo Lopez.
“The belt is essential for a man like Richardson as a result of it’ll assist us make these fights now. Nobody can say, ‘Why would I combat Richardson Hitchins?’ The reply is that you just’re now preventing for a world championship,” mentioned Hearn.
It could be fascinating to know if Hearn was critical about his perception that fighters would wish to combat Hitchins as a result of I don’t consider it for a second.
Teofimo Open To Hitchins Struggle
“I already bought my lawyer on it,” mentioned Teofimo Lopez to Fighthype when requested if he’d be occupied with preventing Richardson Hitchins subsequent. “We would like everyone. We are able to do it on the Barclays except MSG needs it. I really like the Backyard.”
Teofimo confirmed up on the Paro vs. Hitchins combat to name out Richardson, as he did with a number of different fighters. It appeared that this was only a clout-chasing expedition for Teo to maintain his title within the limelight. The truth is that Teofimo is a fading fighter who hasn’t been the identical since his loss to George Kambosos Jr. in 2021.
